IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 240303 accession number: PB 27.2-2020 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 3 March 2020 updated: Monday 1 February 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: [48] leaves : woodcuts ; 21cm (4to). Incipits printed in red; woodcut initials and diagrams. The Theorica planetarum is usually considered to be by the Cremona astrologer Gherardo da Sabbioneta, although some authorities ascribe it to the Gerardus Cremonensis who died 1187. Cf. Dict. of scientific biog., suppl., p. 189 for a summary of the evidence. (WorldCat) Bound with: Super logicam Pauli Veneti expositio et quaestiones / Menglius Blanchellus. Venice: Antonius de Strata, 1 Nov. 1480.. Binding: Italian calf (15th century), blind stamped; spine blind stamped, raised bands, g. lettering on brown spine labels; clasps removed; boxed. title: PB 27.2-2020 NOTES ----- type: history note value: Provenance: purchased from J. and J. Leighton 1891. Bibliotheca Heberiana (stamp). C P (bkpl.). Cornelius Paine's sale 1891. Cutting from bookseller's cat. tipped in on front paste-down e.p. Ms. inscr. on front free e.p.: 'Egerton's Auction Major Pearson's Library Aug. 14th 1788' in M. Wodhull's hand. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books collection: Frank McClean STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240303 CATEGORIES ------ category: book DATING ------ creation date: 1478 - 1478 creation date earliest: 1478 creation date latest: 1478 CREATORS -------- maker: Sacro Bosco, Joannes De maker: Gherardo, da Cremona maker: Gherardo, da Sabbioneta maker: Renner, Franz CITATIONS -------- Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean Bequest : catalogue of the early printed books bequeathed to the museum by Frank McClean, M.A., F.R.S ---